ruminate 音标拼音: [r'umɪn
, et]
vt .
vi . 反刍,沉思
反刍,沈思
ruminate v 1 :
chew the cuds ; "
cows ruminate "
2 :
reflect deeply on a subject ; "
I mulled over the events of the afternoon "; "
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years "; "
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate " [
synonym : {
chew over }, {
think over }, {
meditate }, {
ponder }, {
excogitate }, {
contemplate },
{
muse }, {
reflect }, {
mull }, {
mull over }, {
ruminate },
{
speculate }]
Ruminate \
Ru "
mi *
nate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ruminated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Ruminating }.] [
L .
ruminatus ,
p .
p .
of ruminari ,
ruminare ,
fr .
rumen , -
inis ,
throat ,
akin to ructare to belch ,
erugere to belch out ,
Gr . ?,
AS .
roccettan .]
1 .
To chew the cud ;
to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed . "
Cattle free to ruminate ."
--
Wordsworth .
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2 .
Fig .:
To think again and again ;
to muse ;
to meditate ;
to ponder ;
to reflect . --
Cowper .
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Apart from the hope of the gospel ,
who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven ? --
I .
Taylor .
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Ruminate \
Ru "
mi *
nate \,
v .
t .
1 .
To chew over again .
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2 .
Fig .:
To meditate or ponder over ;
to muse on .
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Mad with desire ,
she ruminates her sin . --
Dryden .
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What I know Is ruminated ,
plotted ,
and set down . --
Shak .
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Ruminate
Ruminate \
Ru "
mi *
nate \,
Ruminated \
Ru "
mi *
na `
ted \,
a . (
Bot .)
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter ,
as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw .
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ruminate ":
be abstracted ,
bite ,
brood ,
brood over ,
champ ,
chaw ,
chew ,
chew over ,
chew the cud ,
chew up ,
chomp ,
chump ,
con over ,
consider ,
contemplate ,
crunch ,
debate ,
deliberate ,
deliberate over ,
deliberate upon ,
digest ,
excogitate ,
gnash ,
gnaw ,
grind ,
gum ,
introspect ,
masticate ,
meditate ,
meditate upon ,
mouth ,
mull over ,
mumble ,
munch ,
muse ,
muse on ,
muse over ,
nibble ,
perpend ,
play around with ,
play with ,
ponder ,
ponder over ,
reflect ,
reflect over ,
revolve ,
roll ,
ruminate over ,
run over ,
scrunch ,
speculate ,
study ,
think over ,
toy with ,
turn over ,
weigh
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